Winding-shaft for car-doors.



Patented 001.28, 1902:] H. w. WOLFF & A. LIPSGHUTL WINDING SHAFT FOR CAR DOORS.

(Application filed May 12, 1902.)

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(Application filed May 12, 1902.)

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HERBERT W. WOLFF AND ARTHUR LI PSCHUTZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

WINDING-SHAFT FOR CAR-DOORS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters-Patent No. 712,227, dated October 28, 1 902.

Application filed May 12, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HERBERT W. WOLFE and ARTHUR LIPSCHUTZ, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have .invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Winding-Shafts for Car-Doors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing our improved winding-shaft in position on a portion of the car. Fig. 2 is an end elevational view. Fig. 3-is a similar view showing the parts in a changed position. Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of a car withour invention attached thereto, one end of said car being broken away; and Fig; 5 is a general cross-sectional View of a car of the type illustrated in Fig. 4, showing one of the doors thereof open and one in a closed position.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in winding-shafts for car-doors, the object being to simplify the construction of devices of the character described and produce thereby a device which can be cheaply made and easily applied in position.

Our invention consists in the'construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a number of car frames to which are secured suitable bearings 2 and 3, in which bearings is mounted the winding-shaft 4. Shaft 4 has an angular or non-circular end, upon which is arranged a ratchet-wheel 5. 6 is an operating-lever loosely mounted on the shaft 4 and carrying a weighted pawl,7, which cooperates with the teeth of ratchet 5. v

8 is a detaining-pawl mounted in the hearing 3 and cooperating with the ratchet 5.

9 is a gravitating cam mounted in bearing 3 and cooperating with the detaining-pawl 8 to lock the same in position.

The bearing 3 is provided with a notched boss 10, in which is slidingly arranged a bolt Serial No. 106,940 (No model.)

in the boss and held in its retracted position.

The operating-lever 6 is provided with an opening 13, which when the lever is down, as shown in Fig. 3, registers with the bolt, and when said bolt is moved longitudinally its head is caused to pass through the opening in the lever, and upon turning said bolt the head is placed out of registration with the opening 13 and the operating-handle locked in its lowered position against accidental displacement. When the operating-handle is lowered, the pawl 7 is out of engagement with the ratchet 5. I

w The doors 14 are hinged to the bottom timbers 16 of the car by means of strap-hinges 17, secured thereto, the bolts 18 passing through the hinge and timbers. are provided at their outerfree ends with rings 19 or any suitable equivalent means, to which are secured at one end the chains 20, which pass thence over and around the shaft 4, to which said chains are secured, so that upon rotation of said shaft in one direction the chains 20 will, be wound thereon, thereby swinging the door 14 upon its hinge, raising and closing the same. It will be apparent that said shaft 4 is locked against rotation to lower the door when the pawl 8 and cam 9 are in the position shown in Fig. 2, and when the door 14 has reached a closed position said members occupy such position whereby the quently said door 14 is locked. When it is desired to open the doors 14 for the purpose of dumping the load Within the car, the

shaft4 is held against rotation, and conse- Said doors weighted cam 9 is raised, the pawl Sis swung on its pivot to release the end thereof from engagement with the ratchet, and the doors will drop by gravity to the position shown at the right in Fig. 5. When it is desired to close said doors and lock them in closed position, the pawl Sis caused to bear on the said ratchet, leaving the cam 9 in its elevated or raised position, the handle 6 being manipulated to cause the pawl thereon to beardown upon the upper faces of the teeth of said ratchet,whereby movement downward of said handle will rotate said shaft 4, thereby winding thereon the chains 20 and closing the doors connected thereto, after which the cam 9 isturned down, so as to bear upon the upper face of said pawl 8, thereby locking it in position to bear against said ratchet 5 and prevent rotation thereof, after which the lever 6 may be locked in its lower position, as stated heretofore.

A shaft 4 may be arranged on each side of the car and each shaft provided with our improvement, or it may be connected only to one shaft and connection established between said shafts, whereby both will be r0- tated from one lever, if desired.

We are aware that many minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of our device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character indicated, the combination with a winding-shaft and its ratchet, of an operatinghandle carrying a pawl for cooperating with said ratchet, a bolt for locking said operating-handle in one of its positions, a pawl engaging said ratchet when said handle is locked, and a cam adapted to hold said pawl in engagement with said ratchet; substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character indicated, the combination with a winding-shaft and its 1 being provided with an opening designed to register with said enlarged head, whereby when the bolt is introduced in said opening and rotated the handle is locked in position and the bolt prevented from accidental displacement; substantially as described.

In a device of the character indicated, the combination with a winding-shaft and its ratchet, of bearings for said shaft, a detaining-pawl cooperating with said ratchet, a gravitating cam cooperating with said detaining-pawl, an operating-handle, a gravitating pawl carried by said handle, said handle being also provided with an elongated opening, and a sliding bolt mounted in one of the bearings for the shaft, said sliding bolt being provided with an elongated head, whereby when said head is projected through the opening in the operating-handle and the bolt turned, the handle is locked in position and the bolt prevented from becoming displaced; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses, this 9th day of May, 1902.

HERBERT W. WOLFE. ARTHUR LIPSOHUTZ.

Witnesses:

GEORGE BAKEVVELL, r G. A. PENNINGTON. 

